期刊名称：International Journal of Energy and Environment
印刷版ISSN：2076-2895
电子版ISSN：2076-2909
出版年度：2017
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：29-42
出版社：International Energy and Environment Foundation (IEEF)
摘要：Calcium looping (CaL) is a recent technology that utilizes calcium oxide (CaO) and the carbonation-calcination equilibrium reactions to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the flue stream of fossil fueled power plants. In this paper, system level simulations are developed in Aspen Plus to calculate the energy penalty of introducing calcium looping in a coal fired power plant. Both post-combustion and pre-combustion capture scenarios are investigated. The relationship between various flow ratios, the conversion rate of CaO, and the carbon capture efficiency is used to validate the Aspen Plus model for the calcium looping process; it agrees well with the experimental data and simulation results available in the literature. The simulation shows an increasing marginal energy penalty associated with an increase in the carbon capture efficiency, which limits the maximum carbon capture efficiency in real-world applications of calcium looping to between 95% and 98% before the energy penalty becomes too large
